Instructions
Read each question carefully. Answer all questions. Time limit: 4 hours.
Begin immediately.
History
Descrive the history of the papacy from its origins to the present day,
concentrating especially but not exclusively, on it social, political,
economic, religious, and philosophical impact on Europe, Asia, America and
Africa. Be brief, concise, and specific.
Medicine
You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and a bottle
of Scotch. Remove your appendix. Do not suture until your work has been
inspected. You have fifteen minutes.
Public Speaking
2500 riot-crazed aboriginies are storming the classroom. Calm them. You
may use any ancient language except Latin or Greek.
Biology
Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture if the
form of life had developed 50 million years earlier, with special attention
to its probable effect on the English parliamentary system. Prove your
thesis.
Music
Write a piano concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with flute and drum.
You will find a piano under your seat.
Psychology
Based on your knowledge of their works evaluate the emotional stability,
degree of adjustment and repressed frustrations of each of the following:
Alexander of Aphrodites, Ramses II, Gregory of Nicea, Hammurabi. Support
your evaluation with quotations from each man's work, making appropriate
references. It is not necessary to translate.
Sociology
Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany the end of the
world. Construct an experiment to test your theory.
Engineering
The dissassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been placed on your
desk. You will also find an instruction manual, printed in Swahili. In
ten minutes a hungry Bengal tiger will be admitted to the room. Take
whatever action you feel appropriate. Be prepared to justify your decision.
Economics
Develop a realistic plan for refinancing the national debt. Trace the
possible effects of your plan in the following areas. Cubism, the Donatist
controversy, the wave theory of light. Outline a method for preventing
these effects. Criticize this method from all possible points of view.
Point out the deficiencies in your point of view, as demonstrated in you
answer to the last question.
Political Science
There is a red telephone on the desk beside you. Start World War III.
Report at length on it socio-political effects if any.
Epistemology
Take a postion for or against truth. Prove the validity of your postion.
Physics
Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an evaluation of the
impact of the development of mathematics on science.
Astronomy
Define the universe. Give three examples.
General Knowledge
Describe in detail. Be objective and specific.
